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Many #writingcommunities come and go, but I never forget those who were around when I needed them most. @Write_onedge, once The Red Dress Club, was the first online writing community I found. It gave me both permission and motivation to start sharing my creative writing on my blogs and helped me build a bookshelf filled with inspiration, motivation and education on the craft. I was reminded of them today when I pulled THE MEMOIR PROJECT by @mroachsmith off my shelf and saw this note on the title page. It appears this month marks the five year anniversary of my first read through! Thanks for introducing it to me Angela, Cam & Mandy, and for everything else you gifted me through your writing community! #stopwritingalone #writingcommunity #stopreadingalone #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNTomKLnfJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Many of you know my husband is a high school English teacher. With February approaching, we have been discussing the books by black writers that each of us have been exposed to in the last year (and recalling our favs from years before) so he can incorporate them into his planning in the month ahead and have recommendations for students as well. This conversation got me thinking: where are my books on writing craft by people of color? As far as I know, I current own only one. I can’t figure out if this is a failing in my own exposure, or if there is merely a lacking of this representation in that section of the bookstore. The one book I do own is JUST WRITE HERE’S HOW! written for young writers rather than a broader audience. It is written by the fabulous Walter Dean Meyers and I love it, but I know not everyone enjoys reading a book for which they were not the intended audience, or that doesn’t go as deep as perhaps they feel they are prepared for. So, question for the group: Can you recommend any books on writing — either on the craft, or writing life (as in a memoir) — by a person of color? #booksonwriting #writingcraft #pocwriters #stopwritingalone #stopreadingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CKovC-yAa4K/?igshid=lj4x09hrktfu

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Did you watch the new Perry Mason show on HBO? Fun fact: Erle Stanley Gardner was the author/creator of the original Perry Mason detective series. “Secrets of the World’s Best-Selling Writer” gives you a look inside his storytelling techniques! #PerryMason #ErleStanleyGardner #writing #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CDudjx-AXJU/?igshid=1qxv1x420d8jb

There are some big favorites in the green and blue section of my rainbow 🌈 writing book shelf! Any of your favorites? #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CCkwPnaBi1A/?igshid=w0edlxnksugq

It’s the yellow binding part of my rainbow 🌈 shelf of writing books! Which of these would be your next #mustread to satisfy your #writerlife curiosities? Or which would you recommend to your writing friends? #amreading #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdAXa2BIe5/?igshid=x8yu1gpro2fc

On close examination of the red/orange part of my books on the craft of writing, which would you want to read first? Which is your must-read? Which do you recommend time and time again? Or which would you like to read in a book club? #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CCYt6dxhAyv/?igshid=1fsb9u9z67sft

Got a shopping book, a writing book, and my favorite team glass at the ready. I am pretty much armed for anything! Let’s go! #letsgovikings #writingbooks #booksonwriting #ikearocks https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FfVk3AU6S/?igshid=14kbj64ilrqpo